Helicopter flying is increasingly popular across the UK.

This is both across scenic helicopter rides and excursions, to wanting to learn how to fly a helicopter.

Learning to fly a helicopter is usually much more expensive than learning to fly a light aircraft, but can be a rewarding experience.

As an aircraft, the primary advantages of the helicopter are due to the rotor blades that revolve through the air, providing lift without requiring the aircraft to move forward.

This creates the ability for the helicopter to take off and land vertically without a runway. For this reason, helicopters are often used in congested or isolated areas where fixed-wing aircraft cannot take off or land.

The lift from the rotor also allows the helicopter to hover in one area and more efficiently than other forms of vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft, allowing it to accomplish tasks that fixed-wing aircraft cannot perform.